Monday, November 16, 2009

Arrogant white Eurocentric assholes!!!!

WASHINGTON (AFP) – News photos of President Barack Obama bowing to Japan's emperor have incensed critics here, who said the US leader should stand tall when representing America overseas.

Obama on Monday was in China, having wrapped up the Japan leg of his Asia trip two days earlier. But Washington's punditocracy was still weighing whether or not the US president had disgraced his country two days earlier by having taken a deep bow at the waist while meeting Japan's Emperor Akihito.

Political talk shows have played and replayed the moment from the second day of Obama's week-long Asia tour, which set the blogosphere on fire and chat show tongues wagging.

"I don't know why President Obama thought that was appropriate. Maybe he thought it would play well in Japan. But it's not appropriate for an American president to bow to a foreign one," said conservative pundit William Kristol speaking on the Fox News Sunday program, adding that the gesture bespoke a United States that has become weak and overly-deferential under Obama.

Another conservative voice, Bill Bennett, said on CNN's "State of the Union" program: "It's ugly. I don't want to see it."

I get so tired of this kind of shit. This is the same mentality that kept people enslaved in this country for centuries. It's the same mentality that committed genocide against a people and culture who had attained a balance with the Earth unknown before or since. This is the same mentality that gave rise to the Nazi regime in the mid 20th Century.

I was contemplating recently the tradition of protocol back in the mid 19th Century. There were elaborate rules and procedures for meeting and greeting. Failure to adhere to these protocols resulted in international scandals and sometimes war. I was thinking of how juvenile and silly all that was, but at the same time thinking of what shame it was that we've totally abandoned all that pomp and tradition. There is something about it that causes people to stop and assess one another and pause before plunging a knife or dropping a bomb.

So, I was glad to see President Obama showing respect and honor for the emperor of Japan who, until a few decades back was thought of as a deity in Japan. Would the president not bow before the Queen of England?

So one would think that conservative people who claim to honor and respect tradition would be supportive of such acts. No, these days, white superiority and racism reign supreme among these right wing corpo-fascist ass suckers. I can only hope that soon, clear thinking, honorable and patriotic Americans will begin condemning these extremist and labeling them exactly what they are when they weigh in on things like this. We must not let this shit pass. IF we ever what this country to be united in a common purpose again, this sort of extremist shit slinging can't not be tolerated. Let's be liberal, let's be conservative and let's be moderate, but let's come out from those isolated corners of extremism that causes people to condemn every move and step the "other side" takes.

Oh, and Bill Kristol; catch up on some history before making dumbass ignorant statements like that. And Bill Bennett; YOU are fucking ugly we're tired of seeing YOU for the past three decades!!

5 comments:

It's true that America's the only place in the world where politeness is considered a character flaw. I think some people mistake being an ignorant asshole for being presidential and are mortified that Obama was polite. Mind, easy mistake to make for the dumbasses after 8 years of Bush giving the finger to the rest of the planet.

(Blogger won't let me sign in as Redneck Liberal BTW so I'm stuck using my Great Granddad's name because I did a blog of his diaries and set up the account using his name... feels weird!)

Sagacious,There are many in this country who understand little about respect and honor. They are a lowly bunch. Reaching back into history honor was valued above all else, both in battle and everyday life. Honor is something you earn. It can not be bought or taken away. It is something to value when your life flashes before your eyes one day.rainy

Fascinating. President Bush not only bowed; he kissed the King of Saudi Arabia and held his hand as they walked. This was all a part of tradition. But I didn't read or hear any criticisms from Kristol, Bennett or anyone else.

This latest nonsense is just another manifestation of the arrogance that all but ruined the United States' image in the rest of the world. Obama's critics are saying, essentially, that the country should never show respect for other countries' institutions. Just like it shouldn't feel obliged to respect the UN Charter (Iraq invastion) or the World Court (mining of Nicaraguan harbours in the 1980s) or the Kyoto Protocol or ...

Really, too, these knee-jerk Obama critics are spouting off so much over so many minor things that they lack credibility. A criticism isn't potent when you just know the person criticizing you would be slamming you no matter what you did.

Who is the SagaciousHillbilly?

Wow, all this happened before I became a paramedic. . .
I been to college and it aint hurt me none. I even got me a degree or two. I've been a scientist, a cook, a carpenter a farmer an environmental activist and had a couple other useless pursuits. My wife calls me a "jack of all trades and master of none." [Correction: She now says I am a "starter of much and finisher of nothing"] Yes, I have a wife, but she doesn't bother me much and I don't bother her much. We get along just fine. . . an she aint my sister or cousin!
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